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Add more examples to the manual

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@ -526,18 +526,20 @@ specified with ``--stdin-filename``, e.g. like this:
$ mysqldump [...] | restic -r /tmp/backup backup --stdin --stdin-filename production.sql
Tags
~~~~
Tags for backup
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Snapshots can have one or more tags, short strings which add identifying
information. Just specify the tags for a snapshot with ``--tag``:
information. Just specify the tags for a snapshot one by one with ``--tag``:
.. code-block:: console
$ restic -r /tmp/backup backup --tag projectX ~/shared/work/web
$ restic -r /tmp/backup backup --tag projectX -tag foo --tag bar ~/shared/work/web
[...]
The tags can later be used to keep (or forget) snapshots.
The tags can later be used to keep (or forget) snapshots with the ``forget``
command. The command ``tag`` can be used to modify tags on an existing
snapshot.
List all snapshots
------------------
@ -644,7 +646,7 @@ command does that:
.. code-block:: console
$ restic -r /tmp/backup tag --set NL,CH 590c8fc8
$ restic -r /tmp/backup tag --set NL --set CH 590c8fc8
Create exclusive lock for repository
Modified tags on 1 snapshots
@ -872,7 +874,26 @@ The ``forget`` command accepts the following parameters:
Additionally, you can restrict removing snapshots to those which have a
particular hostname with the ``--hostname`` parameter, or tags with the
``--tag`` option. When multiple tags are specified, only the snapshots
which have all the tags are considered.
which have all the tags are considered. For example, the following command
removes all but the latest snapshot of all snapshots that have the tag ``foo``:
.. code-block:: console
$ restic forget --tag foo --keep-last 1
This command removes all but the last snapshot of all snapshots that have
either the ``foo`` or ``bar`` tag set:
.. code-block:: console
$ restic forget --tag foo --tag bar --keep-last 1
To only keep the last snapshot of all snapshots with both the tag ``foo`` and
``bar`` set use:
.. code-block:: console
$ restic forget --tag foo,tag bar --keep-last 1
All the ``--keep-*`` options above only count
hours/days/weeks/months/years which have a snapshot, so those without a